Amy Brown

Ever wondered how the establishment that is The Chronicle of the Horse came to be?

In 1937, two Virginia foxhunters teamed up to form the plan for what would one day be The Chronicle Of The Horse. Gerald Webb, managing editor of a Warrenton paper, founded and edited The Middleburg Chronicle. Co-founder Stacy Lloyd acted as publisher.

Molly Rosin’s life has always been defined by the immaterial. Ribbons and medals may be the tangible goals for the talented advanced-level rider from California, but more important than the rewards are the people who have helped her along the road to success.

Molly Rosin didn’t have any advanced experience when she found her diamond in the rough, Havarah’s Charly. But she did draw on a partnership with one special horse when she started training her new international star.

A bay Thoroughbred gelding named Sweet William took Rosin to the CCI** at the 1998 North American Young Rider Championships, and she attributed many of her skills to his tutelage.

Sydney Shulman could feel the palpable tension in the air as she entered the indoor arena to jump off for the U.S. Equestrian Federation National Pony Jumper Individual Championship at USEF Pony Finals, Aug. 5-9, in Lexington, Ky.

A violent thunderstorm roared through Lexington, Va., during the U.S. Pony Clubs Championships East at the Virginia Horse Center, July 23-26. Nearby lightning strikes and high winds that reduced several region’s tents to piles of metal rubble couldn’t keep Pony Clubbers away from their horses, however.

Many dedicated preliminary eventing competitors braved falling branches on the winding country roads on Saturday night on the trek back to the horse park to hand walk their hardworking mounts.

The USEF Pony Finals National Championships is considered the Mecca for ponies, and the competition is a popular goal for many riders throughout the country.

The competition attracts the best of the green pony hunters, regular pony hunters and pony jumpers from all over the country to one location. Unlike at a typical show, each competitor can only show one pony in each division, and the entered rider is the only person who may school the pony throughout the week. It’s truly a showcase of that special child and pony relationship.

Sandy Gregory’s champion first year green hunter also carries her to an amateur-owner tricolor in South Carolina.

Receiving two tricolors at the Charleston Summer Classic I was just a “formality” for Sandy Gregory’s 8-year-old Westphalian gelding. The flashy chestnut has been making it clear all year that he’s one of a kind.

“I tried other horses, but it was really obvious that ‘Fred’ was going to be the best match,” said Gregory.

Buck Davidson secures top placings with all three of his mounts in the open intermediate divisions.

Tracy Magness and Tarco Van Ter Moude jump to the biggest win of their careers in the Budweiser/Upperville Jumper Classic.

Just about every little girl on a small pony dreams of one day winning a major grand prix. For most, however, that dream will never become reality.

Veteran handler Kenny Wheeler must have been feeling a sense of déjà vu as he stood under the Oaks at the Upperville Colt & Horse Show on June 7 in Upperville, Va. He held a championship ribbon in one hand and the 2-year-old Thoroughbred gelding Holden in the other.

The pair was fresh off of their best young horse victory at the Devon Horse Show (Pa.) on May 28 (June 12, p. 44), and they’d earned their first best young horse title at Keswick (Va.) earlier in May.